A special General Body meeting of Krishna District Branch was held at Vijayawada on 9th August,2014 under the presidentship of Com. R. Madhava Rao. There was a huge participation of about 250 pensioners. Com.Balaraju, District Secretary and Com. B. Mohana Rao, Treasurer presented the report and accounts,respectively.

Com. P. Asokababu, CHQ Vice President attended the meeting as Chief Guest and spoke in detail about the demands of the pensioners contained in the memorandum submitted to the 7th Pay Commission. He also explained the decisions of the Coimbatore Central Executive Committee Meeting on 29th & 30th July,2014 and appealed to make the campaign week in Sepetember as well as the Sanchar Bhawan/ Bharat Sanchar Bhawan March on 20-11-2014, a great success. Com. V. Sambasiva Rao, Circle President, Com. L. Rameshbabu, District Secretary, BSNLEU, Com. Enoch, District Secretary, AIBDPA, Guntur, Com. K.V.R.R.Prasad, District Secretary, BSNLEU, STSR also addressed the meeting. The massive and effective meeting came to an end with vote of thanka by Com. N. Syamaprasad, District Vice President. <<view photos>>

AS suggested by the Chairman, Pay Commission, during the discussion had with the BCPC leaders on 23-07-2014, a note on BSNL pensioners was submitted to the Pay Commission on 30th July,2014. <<click to view>>

DEMANDS DAY, called upon by the Joint Action Committee of non executives unions on the 30 point charter of demands, including 78.2% IDA merger to the pensioners, was observed with massive participation all over the country on 7th August, 2014. AIBDPA members also participated,  as per call of the CHQ, in the demonstrations held as part of the Demands Day.

Demonstration held at the Corporate office, New Delhi was addressed by Coms. V.A. N. Namboodiri, President, BSNLEU & Advisor, AIBDPA, C. Singh, General Secretary, NFTE BSNL, R.K. Kohli, Secretary General, NFTBE etc..

Com. K. G. Jayaraj, General Secretary addressed a well participated demonstration held at Alappuzha, Kerala. Com. R. Balachandran Nair, District President, BSNLEU, Com. N. Guruprasad,  District Secretary, AIBDPA, Com. L. Mohanan Nair, District Secertary, NUBSNLW(FNTO), Anoop Dasan (NFTE) also spoke. 

Kozhikode district conference has been held with huge participation of pensioners at the Recreation Club hall, Telephone Exchange, Kozhikode on today, the 6th August, 2014. Com. M.P. Kunhanandan, District President presided,  who was given a touching reception for having elected CHQ Treasurer in the Coimbatore CEC. Com. M.  V. Sadanandan, Senior leader garlanded Com. M. P. Kunhanandan. Com. Balan .K. Punnassery, District Secretary welcomed.

Com.K. G. Jayaraj, General Secretary inaugurated the conference, detailing the issues of the pensioners and the memorandum submitted to the 7th Pay Commission. Com. N. Ramesan, Circle Secreatry, Com. K. V. Jayarajan, District Secretary, BSNLEU, Com. V. Bhagyalaksmi, Convenor, Circle Womens Committee, BSNLEU, Com. K. Damodaran, Circle Organising Secretary, AIBDPA. etc addressed. The biennial report presented by the District Secretary and audited accounts by Com. M. K. Prabhakaran, District Treasurer were adopted after discussion.

Office bearers were elected unanimously with Com. K. Prabhakaran (President) Com. K. G. Sanjeevan (Distrct Secretary) and Com. M. K. Prabhakaran (Treasurer)

CHQ Circular No.3 – Historic Coimbatore CEC.<<< View Circular>>>

The Forum of BSNL Unions/ Associations has given a clarion call for conducting massive demonstrations against the arbitrary report of M/S Deloitte Consultants on financial viability of BSNL. The report, a portion of which is available, contains drastic and damaging recommendations, including CRS of 70000 employees and reduction of 330+ SSAs to 167 Areas, Closure of Telecom Factories etc.

A meeting of the Forum held on 4th August has decided to oppose the report tooth and nail and to start with, the Forum has called upon all the employees to organize massive demonstration on 12-08-2014.

AIBDPA views the developments with serious concern and calls upon all its units to participate in the programme enmasse.

The central government did not present the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill ,hiking the FDI to 49%, in the Rajyasabha on today,the 4th August as they could not muster the necessary support from other parties. The NDA being  minority in the Rajyasabha, unless and until some other parties in the opposition support,they cannot get it through. The Congress Party,which is the main opposition party is reported to be for referring the bill to the select committee. This is not because that Congress is opposed to the bill, but a bargain for the Leader of Opposition post, as they were trying to pass the bill for the last four years while in power.

However, AIBDPA decision to conduct solidarity demonstration on the day of STRIKE by the insurance employees, stands.

All India Insurance Employees Association has decided to strike work against the move of the Central Government to raise the cap of FDI in insurance from the current 26% to 49%,  only to appease the imperialist forces. The public sector insurance companies, both Life Insurance and General Insurance are performing well and contributing much to the development of the country. As such there is absolutely no need to increase the FDI limit in insurance. But Narendra Modi government is all set to introduce the Insurance Laws (Amendment) bill in the Parliament,

CHQ calls upon all the AIBDPA units to conduct solidarity demonstration on the day of the strike of the insurance employees.

According to the Labour Ministry, the DA for the Central Government employees and pensioners from !st July,2014 will be 107%. The orders in this regard is yet to be issued.

Com. V. A. N. Namboodiri, Advisor AIBDPA has addressed massive meetings at Vellore and Chennai in Tamilnadu.

At Vellore, the meeting was held on 31st July,2014 in which more than 250 comrades participated. Com. V. Elumalai, District President presided over the meeting and Com. Jothi Sudanthiranathan, District Secretary welcomed the gathering. Inaugurating the meeting Com. V. A. N. Namboodiri explained in detail the issues confronting the pensioners, current position with regard to 78.2% IDA merger, issues presented to the 7th Pay Commission and the decisions of Coimbatore CEC.  Com.C. K. Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, Com. K. Arumugam, CHQ Organising Secretary and Com. C. Gnanasekharan, District Secretary, BSNLEU addressed the meeting.

CHENNAI MEETING ON 01-08-2014.

The meeting was held jointly by the Circle units of AIBDPA ,BSNLEU and BSNL CCWF. Com. K. Govindarajan, Circle Secretary, BSNLEU welcomed the gathering of more than 400 including about 100 women comrades. Com. V. A. N. Namboodiri, in his inaugural address gave a good account of developments taking place in the country and the various issues on which the CECs of the three unions have taken decisions for agitations. Com. C. K. Narasimhan, Circle Secretary, AIBDPA, Com. Punitha Udayakumar, CHQ Vice President, BSNLEU and Com. K. Arumugam,CHQ Organising Secretary, AIBDPA spoke. The meeting was presided jointly by the Presidents of three organisations.